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Fifties fashions for men are often thought of in
terms of the Fonz and Grease. Well, forget that. The picture below is a far
more mainstream view of how men actually dressed. Pretty drab, eh?
This
image of men, all attired identically, is what fostered the book and movie, Man
in the Gray Flannel Suit, a story about conformity.
Men didn't have many
workplace choices for color. Dark blue, dark brown, and charcoal. Even the ties,
traditionally men's flamboyant touch, were uniform and dark. Some time
would have to pass before men began to reclaim the sartorial splendor which has
been historically theirs.
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